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Cierra was an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all things home internet. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a master's degree. Cierra is ...

Since it launched nearly 20 years ago, Speedtest.net has been one of the most popular tools used to measure internet speeds. However, Doug Suttles, the founder and former CEO of Ookla, the network ...

Websites seem sluggish and downloads take forever. It’s frustrating – especially when you’re paying for high-speed internet. First, make sure it's not just you. When I'm unsure if slow speeds or ...

Barbara has written professionally for more than two decades. In the past five years, she has specialized in creating real estate and home improvement content. Besides writing for Forbes Home, she ...

If you have ever experienced the frustration of waiting for hours to download a 1 GB file, only to encounter a "download failed" error at the last minute, you'll ...

It's not cheap to get high-speed internet, so if you're paying top dollar for top speeds, you should ensure you're getting your money's worth. Although the advertised speeds may be coming into your ...

A reader wrote to say she can’t get fast internet service from her internet provider. They say it’s because she’s in a rural area, at the very edge of their coverage. “An update available on my iPhone ...

As the economy slows, so too might the growth of increasingly popular high-speed Internet connections. Broadband Net access has enjoyed an explosive upsurge in recent years as businesses and consumers ...

A new study is “a bit of a counterweight to the endless hyperbole about how incredibly complex and powerful the human brain is,” one researcher said. By Carl Zimmer In our digital age, few things are ...